William M.Boyd Elementary School

William M.Boyd Elementary School is an elementary-level community of small scale in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Atlanta Public Schools, enrolling 439 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% leaner than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

William M.Boyd Elementary School is one of 87 schools operated by Atlanta Public Schools, a district that enrolls 49,945 students overall.

Demographically, William M.Boyd Elementary School shows that 94% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school records 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Fulton County as a whole is about 43% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, William M.Boyd Elementary School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Fulton County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, William M.Boyd Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Fulton County put median household earnings sit near $95,292, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fulton County's 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), William M.Boyd Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is John Lewis Invictus Academy, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts William M.Boyd Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 22.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. William M.Boyd Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 483 (now 439). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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